Ali Baba Syllabification: (A·li Ba·ba)Pronunciation: /ˌälē ˈbäbə/Definition of Ali Baba the hero of a story supposed to be from the Arabian Nights, who discovered the magic formula (“Open Sesame!”) that opened a cave where forty robbers kept their treasure. Ali Baba in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Ali Baba in the British & World English dictionary